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Definition of Agkistrodon contortrix
1. Noun. Common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States.
Generic synonyms: Pit Viper
Group relationships: Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, Genus Agkistrodon, Genus Ancistrodon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agkistrodon Contortrix
Literary usage of Agkistrodon contortrix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1905)
"31 vi Sistrurus catenatus. contortrix 69 xiv 39 viii Agkistrodon contortrix.
atro-fuscus 43 ixf FAMILY. ..."
2. Report (1905)
"Agkistrodon contortrix Linnaeus.—Cotton-mouth, Highland Moccasin, Rattlesnake
Pilot, Red-eye. Dorsal scales in 23-25 rows; loreal present, partly bounding ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Agkistrodon contortrix (Linne).— Becoming scarce in thickly settled districts.
I have seen it in York and Fulton Cos., Pa., and have examined specimens from ..."
4. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The chestnut-colored copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix, occur throughout the
eastern and middle United States. They are very vicious and dangerous, ..."
5. Manual of Military Hygiene for the Military Services of the United States by Valery Havard (1914)
"Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), of light chestnut color, with Y-shaped,
darker blotches on sides, seldom exceeding 3 feet in length, ..."
6. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"Agkistrodon contortrix — Copperhead. Agkistrodon piscivorus — Water moccasin.
Crotalus horridus — Rattlesnake. Order — Chelonia. Types of Order. ..."
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